Mount Maunganui surf break

Mount Maunganui surfForecast / Bay of Plenty / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Monday 19 Jan 2026 NZDT
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Mount Maunganui surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Mount Maunganui sea temperature is
22.5° C
(Which is 2.6°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Mount Maunganui today?

The current surf forecast for Mount Maunganui at 10PM is: 2.1m 8s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.3m 14s secondary swell from a North-northeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm January 19). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Jan)--
Afternoon (19 Jan)6ft (1.8m)8s
Evening (19 Jan)6.5ft (2.0m)8s

Table - waves today at Mount Maunganui. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
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Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.8
ENE
2
ENE
2.1
ENE
2.1
ENE
2.1
ENE
2.2
ENE
2.3
ENE
2.4
ENE
2.5
ENE
2.4
ENE
2.3
ENE
2.4
ENE
2.5
ENE
2.5
ENE
3
ENE
3
ENE
3.5
ENE
3.5
ENE
4
ENE
4
ENE
4.5
ENE
5.5
ENE
4.5
ENE
4
NE
Period(s) (?)888888888888888999999101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)47955058857457468274080186482075878184410241223139516021867215825813599565741212898
Wind
(km/h)
25
E
25
ESE
25
ESE
25
ESE
25
ESE
25
ESE
25
ESE
20
ESE
20
ESE
20
ESE
25
ESE
25
ESE
25
ESE
25
E
30
E
30
E
35
E
35
E
35
E
40
E
45
E
45
E
45
ENE
20
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:55PM
1.63
9:30AM
1.70
9:36PM
1.65
10:10AM
1.72
10:16PM
1.65
10:50AM
1.73
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:46PM
0.40
3:00AM
0.27
3:30PM
0.34
3:41AM
0.21
4:14PM
0.29
4:22AM
0.17
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Sunrise-----6:13-------6:15-------6:16--
Sunset-8:37-------8:36-------8:36------
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
heavy rain
heavy rain
heavy rain
heavy rain
heavy rain
Rain (mm)
---11132211211124331213272718
Temp. °C222119171818171717171716161717171718181818192122
Feels °C (?)181715141414131515151412131313121213131312131623
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